St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04

himself and girl and he was going to have the
worth of his money. He doesn't geta chance
to do any sparkling at the girls home and the
theater is his only chance.
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theatrical census has been recently taken,
in which MAGGIE MITCHELL age is put down
at fifty. MAGGIE got mad at the census-taker
for putting her on record. She ought not to
have been angry about ii, for the census
taker let her down mighty easy. But 1t
doesn't make any difference whether Miss
MITCHELL is fifty or one hundred, she can
ride toboggan with the youngest OF them.
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Speaking of actors who hold age well, there
is none of them can eclipse that remarkable
pair of comedians, BILLY FLORENCE and wife.
1t has been SO long ago that they first became
famous, some of us find difficulty in fixing
the date. Yet they don't look day older
than when we first saw them. The Chicago
Mail recently printed a fac-simile of the
theater bill when McVICKER's was first
opened. That was in 1S57-iust thirty years
ago-and BILLY FLORENCE was the star in an
Irish drama entitled "Shandy Mcguire, fol-
+ lowed by an afteEpiece called "a Lesson for
Husbands" in which Mrs. FLORENCE played
six different characters.
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{ Among the popular plays at that time were
+ many that this generation has never heard of.
There were 'Gio, "Mad Anthony Wayne"
/ Douglass, " Handy Andy" "De Soto. or
( The Hero of the Mississippi" "Rockwood, or
!! Dick Turpin the Highwayman,' Idiot Of the
Shannon, Fall of Delhi" Cataract of the
Ganges," "King O'Neill," "Once a Captain
( Always Captain" But nearly all the popu-
lar plays of that day, as well as nearly all of
the popular actors, have gone the way of
earth. "Unele Toms Cabin is the only play
that has survived the wreck of theatrical
matter, and MAGGIE MITCHELL and the FLOR
ENCEs are the only famous stars remaining
from the crush of the theatrical armament.
They are here yet, and as bright, attractive
and chirrupy as they were generation ago.
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Mrs. LANGTRY's hearts desire Is not to be
gratified this season. She is not going to ap-
pear before the public in boys costume. Mr..
CoGHLAN had the play all written and the
part to fit Mrs. LANGTRY just as she wanted
1t. But she got mad at Mr.. CoGHLAN and
broke her engagement with him, and the play
has been rejected. The cause of the break was
this: Mrs. LANGTRY arranged to play IA Wife's
PERIL at Long Branch, where she was spend
ing her summer vacation. She wrote to Mr..
CoGHLAN to come down and take his part He
replied that he was so busy preparing to bring
her new play out he didn't have the time to
spare, and refused to go to Long Branch.
Mrs. LANGRTY went on with her Long Branch
performance without Mr.. CoGHLAN, and
cleared S2,500-enOugh to pay the expenses
of her summer vacation. Then it was she
notified Mr.. CoGHLAN that he needn't spend
any more time on the new play, as she would
have no use for it.
Mrs. LANGTRY is fond OF surf bathing and
has the record of being the best swimmer at
Long Branch. Last week she appeared on
the beach clad in tight-fitting jersey suit of
deep black, tastefully trimmed with gold
braid. She swan out as far as the end of the
pier, diving through the pillows with grace
and vigor that elected applause from several
hundred admiring guests who had assembled
on the beach to witness the performance.
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1t is announced that HENRY ABBEY is going
to bring ETELKA GERsTER out again and will
make tour of America with her the coming
season. GERsTER had to leave the operate
stage on account of the loss of her voice, and
while she is thought to have recovered, it is
still question whether it will stand the
strain of even one opera season. The loss of
her voice is said to be owing to her temper.
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SIG. JANorTA returned from New York
few days ago with a revised edition of '.Ali-
DOR in his grip sack. The signor has poor
opinion of the Iberality of New York theater
managers. When he got to the metropolis he
found himself in the condition of the man
who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Everybody was there except the good Samari-
tan. The whole outfit wanted ''Alidor,'' but
they wanted it without price. They even
intimated to the signor that he ought to pay
them bonus to put il on a New York thea
ter. After the generous treatment he had re-
eeived in st. Paul, the signor concluded that
his New York reception was rather cold
lines. He will reorganize his glee club and
resume his vocal instruction during the
winter. While he was gone the signor laid
in a-good stock of the latest European vocal
compositions.